Yeji Jun was born in South Korea. The artist currently lives and works in New York City and Seoul. Yeji Jun received her MFA from Hunter College in New York. In 2010, the artist won First Prize in the Viridian Artist International Juried Exhibition, juried by Elisabeth Sussman, curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has exhibited her work internationally.

Yeji Jun's work is an exploration of self. Her art reveals the artist's daily thoughts and delve into her imagination to reveal her personal state of mind.